2009 Petit Le Mans

The 2009 Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda6 was the twelfth running of the

2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Georgia, on September 26, 2009. Originally scheduled to run for a distance of 1,000 miles (1,600 km) or a time of ten hours, the race was stopped after four hours due to heavy rains. The race was not restarted and the results were determined from the final lap prior to the stoppage.^[1]

When race officials decided to not restart the event

Rahal Letterman Racing BMW and Farnbacher-Loles Porsche

on the podium.

During Thursday practice on September 24, which took place in dry, sunny conditions,

Eastern Daylight Time, a new tub arrived from the Honda Performance Development Center in Los Angeles.^[2] The Highcroft Racing team then spent the next 24 hours rebuilding the car, getting some assistance from archrival de Ferran Motorsports.^[2] The team only used 10 percent of the parts from the original car,^[2] and were forced to start the race from pit road.^[2]

Report

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[3]

Pos	Class	Team	Qualifying Driver	Lap Time
1	LMP1	#07 Total	Nicolas Minassian	1:06.937
2	LMP1	#08 Total	Franck Montagny	1:07.160
3	LMP1	#2 Audi Sport Team Joest	Rinaldo Capello	1:08.200
4	LMP1	#1 Audi Sport North America	Lucas Luhr	1:08.228
5	LMP1	#66 de Ferran Motorsports	Simon Pagenaud	1:08.348
6	LMP1	#7 Team Oreca Matmut AIM	Nicolas Lapierre	1:09.566
7	LMP1	#37 Intersport Racing	Jon Field	1:09.685
8	LMP2	#20 Dyson Racing Team	Marino Franchitti	1:10.152
9	LMP1	#88 Drayson Racing	Jonny Cocker	1:10.552
10	LMP2	#6 Team Cytosport	Klaus Graf	1:11.405
11	LMP2	#15 Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández	1:11.758
12	LMP1	#12 Autocon Motorsports	Chris McMurry	1:12.676
13	GT2	#40 Robertson Racing	David Murry	1:20.819
14	GT2	#28 LG Motorsports	Tom Sutherland	1:20.877
15	GT2	#4 Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta	1:20.912
16	GT2	#92 Rahal Letterman Racing	Dirk Müller	1:20.981
17	GT2	#90 Rahal Letterman Racing	Joey Hand	1:21.219
18	GT2	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long	1:21.299
19	GT2	#3 Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell	1:21.491
20	GT2	#21 Panoz Team PTG	Dominik Farnbacher	1:21.648
21	GT2	#87 Farnbacher-Loles Racing	Wolf Henzler	1:21.760
22	GT2	#62 Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo	1:22.718
23	GT2	#17 Team Falken Tires	Bryan Sellers	1:23.081
24	GT2	#11 Primetime Race Group	Chris Hall	1:23.121
25	GT2	#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman	1:25.601
–	LMP1	#9 Patrón Highcroft Racing	Did Not Participate
–	LMP1	#10 ECO Racing	Did Not Participate
–	UNC	#16 Dyson Racing Team	Did Not Participate
–	LMP2	#19 van der Steur Racing	Did Not Participate

Race

Race result

Class winners are marked in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).^[4]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tire	Laps
1	LMP1	08	Total	Franck Montagny Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	184
1	LMP1	08	Total	Franck Montagny Stéphane Sarrazin	HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel )	M	184
2	LMP1	07	Total	Nicolas Minassian Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	184
2	LMP1	07	Total	Nicolas Minassian Pedro Lamy	HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel )	M	184
3	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi R15 TDI	M	184
3	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel )	M	184
4	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Audi R15 TDI	M	183
4	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel )	M	183
5	LMP1	7	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	Nicolas Lapierre Olivier Panis Romain Dumas	Oreca 01	M	181
5	LMP1	7	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	Nicolas Lapierre Olivier Panis Romain Dumas	AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10	M	181
6	LMP1	9	Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Scott Sharp Dario Franchitti	Acura ARX-02a	M	180
6	LMP1	9	Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Scott Sharp Dario Franchitti	Acura AR7 4.0 L V8	M	180
7	UNC	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Lola B09/86	M	177
7	UNC	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Butanol)	M	177
8	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Pierre Kaffer Mika Salo	Ferrari F430GT	M	170
8	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Pierre Kaffer Mika Salo	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	170
9	GT2	92	Rahal Letterman Racing	Tommy Milner Dirk Müller Jörg Müller	BMW M3 GT2	D	169
9	GT2	92	Rahal Letterman Racing	Tommy Milner Dirk Müller Jörg Müller	BMW 4.0 L V8	D	169
10	GT2	87	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Wolf Henzler Dirk Werner	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	169
10	GT2	87	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Wolf Henzler Dirk Werner	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	169
11	GT2	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	169
11	GT2	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet 6.0 L V8	M	169
12	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Marc Lieb	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	169
12	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Marc Lieb	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	169
13	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing Team	Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti Ben Devlin	Lola B08/86	M	168
13	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing Team	Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti Ben Devlin	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	M	168
14	GT2	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	168
14	GT2	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet 6.0 L V8	M	168
15	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Seth Neiman Johannes van Overbeek	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	162
15	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Seth Neiman Johannes van Overbeek	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	162
16	GT2	28	LG Motorsports	Tom Sutherland Tomy Drissi Matt Bell	Chevrolet Corvette C6	D	157
16	GT2	28	LG Motorsports	Tom Sutherland Tomy Drissi Matt Bell	Chevrolet LS3 6.3 L V8	D	157
17 DNF	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field	Lola B06/10	D	152
17 DNF	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	D	152
18	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Ian James Dominik Farnbacher	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Y	152
18	GT2	21	Panoz Team PTG	Ian James Dominik Farnbacher	Ford 5.0 L V8	Y	152
19 DNF	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Bryan Willman Chris McMurry Tony Burgess	Lola B06/10	D	144
19 DNF	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Bryan Willman Chris McMurry Tony Burgess	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	D	144
20	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk. VII	D	142
20	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford 5.0 L V8	D	142
21	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz	Acura ARX-01B	M	139
21	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	M	139
22	LMP2	6	Team Cytosport	Klaus Graf Sascha Maassen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	136
22	LMP2	6	Team Cytosport	Klaus Graf Sascha Maassen	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	M	136
23	GT2	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers Dominic Cicero	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	F	136
23	GT2	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers Dominic Cicero	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	F	136
24	LMP1	66	de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud Scott Dixon	Acura ARX-02a	M	136
24	LMP1	66	de Ferran Motorsports	Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud Scott Dixon	Acura AR7 4.0 L V8	M	136
25	GT2	90	Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand Andy Priaulx	BMW M3 GT2	D	133
25	GT2	90	Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand Andy Priaulx	BMW 4.0 L V8	D	133
26 DNF	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chris Hall	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Y	129
26 DNF	GT2	11	Primetime Race Group	Joel Feinberg Chris Hall	Dodge 8.3 L V10	Y	129
27 NC	LMP1	88	Drayson Racing	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker Rob Bell	Lola B09/60	M	123
27 NC	LMP1	88	Drayson Racing	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker Rob Bell	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	M	123
DNS	LMP1	10	ECO Racing	Hideki Noda José Manuel Balbiani Dion von Moltke	Radical SR9	D	–
DNS	LMP1	10	ECO Racing	Hideki Noda José Manuel Balbiani Dion von Moltke	ECO (AER) 5.0 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	D	–
DNS	LMP2	19	van der Steur Racing	Gunnar van der Steur Adam Pecorari Robbie Pecorari	Radical SR9	K	–
DNS	LMP2	19	van der Steur Racing	Gunnar van der Steur Adam Pecorari Robbie Pecorari	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	K	–

References

^ "Peugeot wins a wet Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta". American Le Mans Series. September 26, 2009. Archived from the original on September 30, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e – Scott Sharp Incredible Wreck Petit Le Mans 9-24-09
International Motor Sports Association. 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2009-09-25. ^{[dead link}
]

International Motor Sports Association. 2009-09-26. Archived from the original
(PDF) on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2009-09-28.

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[Stoppage-1] "Peugeot wins a wet Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta". American Le Mans Series. September 26, 2009. Archived from the original on September 30, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2009.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdJXvMHp3Bs-2] – Scott Sharp Incredible Wreck Petit Le Mans 9-24-09

[Qualifying_result-3] International Motor Sports Association. 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2009-09-25. ^{[dead link}
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[Race_result-4] International Motor Sports Association. 2009-09-26. Archived from the original
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